Burial vault



E. MURPHY ET AL BURIAL VAULT Filed Feb. 11, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I EmanueZfl furph q Vance 0. ,fterrat AT'i'ORNEY Dec. 31, 1935. E. MURPHY ET AL BURIAL VAULT 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 11, 1935 Emanuel Murphy Vane e0. ,fi terret t INVENTORS ATTOR N EY ltatented Dec. 1111, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BURIAL VAULT Emanuel Murphy and Vance G. Stcrrett, Logansport, Ind.

Application February 11, 1935, Serial No. 6,115

1 Claim. (01. 27-6) The invention relates to a burial vault con- Referring to the drawings in detail, the vault struction and more especially to.a corrugated in its preferred embodiment comprises a body metal burial vault. A and a removable cover or top B, respectively,

The primary object of the invention is the each being all metal. The body A includes the 5 provision of a vault of this character, wherein corrugated metal sides In and corrugated metal 5 the entire make-up thereof, that is to say, the ends ll, these being formed from sheet material, body and cover or top, are formed from corwhile welded to the bottom edges of the sides rugated metal, the cover or top being coped and ends is a flat metallic bottom l2, it having and arched to materially strengthen the same, rising from its inner face at required intervals thus the vault in its entirety will be possessed substantially U-shaped supports l3, these being 10 of maximum strength. disposed transversely within the body A and upon Another object of the invention is the prowhich rest a casket when placed within the body vision of a vault of this character, wherein the of the vault. construction thereof is novel to effect an artistic The cover or top B is formed from a corruappearance and the body and the cover or top gated sheet metal section l4 having the sloped 15 being entirely made from metal and trimmed sides and ends l5 and 16, respectively, thereby with integral corners, thereby giving durability upwardly arching the said cover or top to give and maximum strength. strength and rigidity thereto.

A still further object of the invention is the Marginal about the body A and beneath the provision of a vault of this character, wherein bottom I2 is a metal trim ll, the upstanding 20 the trim and the cover or top are hermetically portion [8 of which has contact with the corrusealed to render the vault waterproof and airgations IQ of the sides and ends, while poured tight, although it may be desirable to have the within the interstices as created by such corrucover or top associated with the body of the gations l9 between the sides and ends and the 5 vault without hermetically sealing these tovertical portion l8 of the trim I1 is a sealing gether. medium 20, preferably made from a good grade A still further object of the invention is the of high melting point tar. provision of a vault of this character which About the upper edge of the body A is a trim is extremely simple in construction, thoroughly 2!, the outer portion 22 of which is against the 0 reliable and effective in its purpose, strong, ascorrugations IQ of the sides and ends l0 and II cured of maximum life, and inexpensive to of the body, and filling the interstices as cremanufacture. ated by these corrugations I9 is a sealing me- With these and other objects in view, the dium 23 corresponding to the medium 20. invention consists in the features of construc- The sides and ends of the cover or top 3- are tion, combination and arrangement of parts as extended to form a trim 24, it providing a chan- 35 willbe hereinafter more fully described in denel 25 for accommodating the upper edge of the tail, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, sides and ends l0 and II of the body A. This which disclose the preferred embodiment of the trim 24, at the outermost portion or the cover invention, and pointed out in the claims hereor top B, is doubled on itself against the corruunto appended. gations 26 existing in the cover or top, and filling 40 In the accompanying drawings: the interstices as created by the said corruga- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vault contions 26 is a sealing medium 21, this beingidenstructed in accordance with the invention. tical to the sealing mediums 2D and 23. The Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof. cover or top B can be telescoped onto the body Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical transverse A and the same sealed at the meeting points in 4,5 sectional view. any suitable manner to render the vault water- Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing proof. The trim IT, at the bottom of the body a slight modification. A, is formed with an outstruck bead 28 increas- Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 showing ing the strength of this trim, it being undera still further modification. stood that the trims for both the body A and the 50 Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view on the cover or top B are pot Welded therewith.

line 6-6 of Figure 3. In Figure 4 of the drawings there is shown a Similar reference characters indicate correslight modification, wherein the cover or top 29 sponding parts throughout the several views in has connection with the body 30 of the vault, the drawings. these being constructed from corrugated metal, 55

through the medium of a hinge 3|, the trim for the body being indicated at 32 and\the trim for the cover or top being indicated at 33.

In Figure 5 of the drawings there is shown a further modification, wherein the bottom of the body 34 has a hollow metallic molding 35, this being formed externally with a seat 36 for accommodating the sides and ends of the body 34 which is removable from the bottom, while the cover or top 3! is made fast with the body 34 through the trim 38 spot welded thereto. In this modified form just described of the vault the casket is supported upon the bottom and the body with the integral cover or top is brought to rest upon the seat 36 of the molding 35 constituting a part of the bottom 39 of such vault.

Each side of the body A has fitted therewith suitable handles 40 for the handling of the vault, as is conventional.

What is claimed is:

A burial vault and a cover'therefor each constructed of corrugated metal, a metal trim at the edges of the vault and cover, each trim comprising a metal plate which is spot welded to the outwardly rounded portions of the corrugations on the outer faces of said vault and cover, and each of said plates being bent to provide channeled parts which receive therein the edges of the said vault and cover, the channeled portions of the trim of the cover being also shaped to receive the upper edge of the vault therein and a sealing medium filling the interstices between the trims and bodies of the vault and cover.

' EMANUEL MURPHY.

VANCE C. STERRETT. 

